MANASSAS PARK, Va. -- As a high school principal, Bruce McDade is in charge of student learning, morale and safety. So he's become adept at interior design.

WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito's opinions on abortion, discrimination and other contentious issues are the work of a mainstream jurist, not the ideologue depicted by critics, the White House argues in a voluminous briefing book meant for Republican senators.

NEW YORK -- Undoubtedly, there would be tumult -- likely roiling every statehouse in the nation. Beyond that, little is certain about what would unfold if the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the divisive 1973 decision establishing a woman's right to have an abortion.

HOUSTON -- A small jet crashed Saturday at one of the city's airports after being instructed to take off quickly because of an incoming airliner. Both people on the jet were killed.